ULAN BATOR, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Nandin, a 10-year-old Mongolian girl, arrived at the office of the China-Mongolia Foundation for Culture, Education and Social Development here with her father and handed over a CD of her recitation of poems in Chinese to the staff.
Nandin's father, Batkhishig, said his daughter had received a "special grant" of 4,000 yuan from the foundation for her study in the local Chinese school.
"Thank you, uncles and aunts," said Nandin in fluent Chinese.
Set up jointly by the Bank of China's Ulan Bator Representative Office in Mongolia, Chinese-funded enterprises and caring individuals, the foundation provides scholarships and grants to more than 230 students every year.
According to Dai Xingjun, chairman of the foundation, each recipient is awarded with a cash prize or subsidy ranging from 1,000 yuan to 6,000 yuan.
During a Chinese scholarship test held by the foundation in 2015, the Mongolian girl, then six years old, burst into tears, and volunteers quickly found out why.
At that time, Nandin's mother died. Her father Batkhishig raised her and two other younger sisters with very a low income.
Batkhishig sent Nandin to a more expensive Chinese school in the hope of increasing her chances of finding a job when she grows up.
Nandin was eager to win a scholarship to help reduce the burden on her father, but she just couldn't stop crying during the exam as the test was rather difficult.
Despite her poor scores, Nandin was still awarded a grant by the foundation due to the situation in her family.
Nandin is among the many in Mongolia that have been benefited from the foundation's charitable projects.
By the end of 2018, the foundation had at least 100 members and implemented over 110 public welfare projects, benefiting more than 5,000 families.
The foundation has also distributed food and other daily necessities to local impoverished residents in the long cold winter since 2013. This regular annual project is called the "Warm Winter Project."
Zhu Junli, secretary general of the foundation, said they implemented a special "Warm Winter Program" for primary and secondary school students in 2014, donating down jackets worth more than 1.3 million yuan to more than 3,000 students.
In addition, the foundation supports its members in various donations including medical equipment for hospitals as well as teaching and sports equipment for schools.
"When I grow up, I want to study in China," Nandin told staff members of the foundation.
